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The pleas from fans are incessant, but Arsenal seldom pull off a big-money transfer during the January transfer window, always a difficult one for the hierarchy to navigate as teams try to retain their prized assets for the remainder of the campaign. However, that is not to say that the London Colney doors are closed completely, and Arsenal have welcomed several new additions to the club in winter windows gone by, including marquee moves, cut-price bargains and short-term loans.

Ruben Amorim doesn't appear to be ruling out relegation and says it's a 'fact' that his Manchester United side can't play the way he wants them to.

Jude Bellingham saw the funny side of a crude chant about Alan Shearer from Sunderland fans on Boxing Day.

Denis Suarez wasn't the player Arsenal fans wanted to sign - but he's the footballer supporters have a hard time in forgetting.

Nantes can book a place in the Coupe de France round of 32 for a fourth consecutive season with a victory on Saturday against Drancy JA at Stade de Paris.

Reuniting nearly 10 years on from the Ligue 1 side's last-16 Champions League success in 2015, Arsenal and Monaco face off in Wednesday's league phase battle at the Emirates Stadium.

Monaco striker Folarin Balogun will not be reuniting with his former employers when the Ligue 1 side meet Arsenal in Wednesday's Champions League league phase clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Lionel Messi has been crowned as the Landon Donovan MVP winner following another excellent MLS campaign with Inter Miami.

Two sides living dangerously close to the relegation zone will go head to head when Trabzonspor host Kasimpasa at Papara Park to get the Turkish Super Lig round 15 underway on Friday.

Morocco will set out to maintain their 100% record in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers when they welcome Lesotho to the Honneur Stadium on Monday in the final round of matches. The home side claimed a narrow 1-0 triumph in their only previous meeting against the visitors back in September and are huge favourites to complete a double in Oujda.

Vying for top spot in League C Group 2, leaders Romania and second-placed Kosovo will clash in the UEFA Nations League on Friday.

Still looking for their first victory of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, South Sudan entertain the challenge of Congo at the Juba Stadium on Thursday afternoon. While the hosts are already out of the running to secure a place at next year's continental event, the visitors are still in contention but would need to come out on top here to keep their hopes alive.

Espanyol travel to A Coruna to face sixth-tier outfit San Tirso in the first round of the Copa del Rey on Thursday evening.

Monaco will look to extend their unbeaten start to the season when they welcome Red Star Belgrade to the Stade Louis II in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Sitting pretty at the summit of their UEFA Nations League section, Germany bid to take another step closer to the quarter-finals when they meet Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica on Friday.

Real Madrid will be aiming to return to winning ways in Spain's top flight when they welcome high-flying Villarreal to Bernabeu on Saturday night.

Monaco will look to keep tabs with Paris Saint-Germain at the top of Ligue 1 when they travel to Rennes on Saturday night.

Villarreal are expected to be without the services of Ayoze Perez for Saturday's La Liga clash with Real Madrid.

Needing a draw to guarantee their spot in the playoffs, Houston Dynamo take a trip to the CityPark to face St Louis City in their penultimate game of the MLS regular season on Saturday.

Sporting Kansas City will be looking to avoid a fourth defeat in a row when they entertain the challenge of Los Angeles FC at the Children's Mercy Park on Sunday. Meanwhile, the away side make the trip to Kansas this weekend on a high, having emerged victorious from each of their last three matches across all competitions.

Los Angeles FC will be aiming to heap pressure on Los Angeles Galaxy at the top of the MLS Western Conference when they welcome St Louis City to the BMO Stadium on Thursday. Following their US Open Cup triumph, the home side resumed league duty with a hard-fought victory over Cincinnati, while the away side cruised to a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City.

Los Angeles FC will look to bounce back from their derby defeat to LA Galaxy when they host Austin FC in Thursday's Major League Soccer clash.

Aiming to keep their unbeaten record at the start of the new term intact, Lens will welcome struggling Lyon to Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday night in Ligue 1.

Bidding to move above Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 table - for a couple of hours at least - Monaco head to the Stade de l'Abbe-Deschamps on Saturday for a date with Auxerre.

South Sudan and South Africa will battle it out for three crucial points in Group K of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Juba Stadium on Tuesday. Neither team was able to come away with a victory from their respective opening encounters, and they will both be keen to return to winning ways here.

Uganda will set out in search of their first win of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers when they welcome Congo to the Nelson Mandela National Stadium on Monday. Congo, meanwhile, make the journey looking to make it two wins from as many matches, having narrowly pipped South Sudan to all three points last time out.

Turkish outfit Trabzonspor welcome Austrian side Rapid Vienna to Papara Park for the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie on Thursday evening.

Los Angeles FC set out to book their place in the knockout stages of the Leagues Cup when they welcome Vancouver Whitecaps to the BMO stadium on Wednesday.

Chelsea are reportedly on the brink of finally facilitating the exit of defender Malang Sarr.

Major League Soccer returns with a fresh set of fixtures as high-flying Los Angeles FC and Colorado Rapids go head to head at the BMO Stadium on Saturday.

Romania will hope that their defence can once again keep the opposition at bay, with the likes of Tottenham's Radu Dragusin proving key to his national side's defensive resilience over the past couple of years.

If Slovakia are to qualify for the round of 16 at Euro 2024, they will need Paris Saint-Germain defender and national-team captain Milan Skriniar to be at the top of his game alongside centre-back partner Denis Vavro.

Romania head coach Edward Iordanescu is reportedly considering an attacking alteration for his side's second Euro 2024 Group E affair with Belgium in Cologne on Saturday.

Slovakia boss Francesco Calzona may be tempted to select an unchanged lineup for Friday's Euro 2024 clash with Ukraine in Dusseldorf.

Slovakia's squad for Euro 2024 is headlined by Milan Skriniar, and the Paris Saint-Germain defender is in line to win his 69th cap for his national side in their campaign opener against Belgium.

Back at a major tournament after eight years of waiting, Romania get their Euro 2024 campaign under way on Monday afternoon, when they meet Ukraine in Munich.